Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Way behind...
in posts that is . Sorry it's been so long, but we've been pretty busy around here. The school year is coming to an end, Damon is switching jobs :), Cameron is preparing for his preschool graduation, there's football practice every Thursday and games every Sunday, I'm in grad school, and Evan is still adorable.
*** Dj is well on his way to another all 4 report card, and has perfect attendance! What a scholar. I can't believe he'll be going into the second grade already. It really does seem like he was just born!
***Cam's school/behavior issues have begun to rear their ugly heads again. It's becoming evident that he's having some kind of issue that's lending itself to his behavior problems. We're going to be making an appointment with his pediatrician to find out if there's anything we can do. The problems have also started to trickle into flag football. He fights on the field when another kid takes his flag. It's sad and hilarious all at the same time.
***Evan is wrapping her her first "school year" at daycare. We're taking her out for the summer so that we can spend some time, save dome dough, and keep her from getting a runny nose every few days! She's also crawling (finally) and yesterday we caught her standing up in her bed! Yay, for milestones. Still no "dada" or "mama", but she does say what I consider to be "Hey" and wave on a regular basis.
****Kayla was over last weekend and things went well. I was able to evaluate her and found that her teacher speaks in hyperbole. She can't read, but she's not nearly as bad as the teacher made her out to be, and the suggestion of ADD was hilarious! If that child has ADD my kids need straight jackets! Anyway, we've decided to put her into the school Damon will be teaching at next year. She'll go into the novice 2nd grad class and work on remedial skills, until she's ready for grade level concepts.
Here are a couple of cute pics of the boys until I have time to do something better.
*** Dj is well on his way to another all 4 report card, and has perfect attendance! What a scholar. I can't believe he'll be going into the second grade already. It really does seem like he was just born!
***Cam's school/behavior issues have begun to rear their ugly heads again. It's becoming evident that he's having some kind of issue that's lending itself to his behavior problems. We're going to be making an appointment with his pediatrician to find out if there's anything we can do. The problems have also started to trickle into flag football. He fights on the field when another kid takes his flag. It's sad and hilarious all at the same time.
***Evan is wrapping her her first "school year" at daycare. We're taking her out for the summer so that we can spend some time, save dome dough, and keep her from getting a runny nose every few days! She's also crawling (finally) and yesterday we caught her standing up in her bed! Yay, for milestones. Still no "dada" or "mama", but she does say what I consider to be "Hey" and wave on a regular basis.
****Kayla was over last weekend and things went well. I was able to evaluate her and found that her teacher speaks in hyperbole. She can't read, but she's not nearly as bad as the teacher made her out to be, and the suggestion of ADD was hilarious! If that child has ADD my kids need straight jackets! Anyway, we've decided to put her into the school Damon will be teaching at next year. She'll go into the novice 2nd grad class and work on remedial skills, until she's ready for grade level concepts.
Here are a couple of cute pics of the boys until I have time to do something better.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Wow...
On Thursday I left work a little early to attend parent teacher conferences at Kayla's school. I knew that she was having problems, possibly failing, but I didn't know the extent of the issues. Now I do. After sitting down with her teacher and reviewing her latest progress report I mortified to say the least. 50% in math, 23% in reading, and 18% in writing. I nearly cried once the conference was over. Needless to say I'm retaining her in 1st grade. . There's no point in watching her struggle in 2nd grade, when she's still lacking Kinder skills. We're going to be working with her military style this summer, but 2 months is not enough time to make up 2 years worth for missed academics. I'm the reading and writing front line and Damon will be math. I'm going to be pulling Kinder and 1st grade curriculum and we'll start with the basics- letter and number recognition, then moving on to phonemic awareness.
I'm just hoping a spot at my school opens up for her, so I don't have to enroll her down the street at the new school my company is building. But, we'll see.
I'm just hoping a spot at my school opens up for her, so I don't have to enroll her down the street at the new school my company is building. But, we'll see.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
A lot of Changes
There will be a lot of changes for us in the near future. The look of this blog will be changing, Cameron will be graduating from Pre-School, and we will be adding to our happy family. That's right people I'm.....NOT PREGNANT. Lol! Gotcha didn't I??? Ahh, I just crack myself up.
We will be adding another member to our family at the end of June though. Damon and I have decided to seek guardianship of my little cousin, Kayla. You loyal readers may remember her from this summer from the post ironically titled- And Baby Makes 6??? She's 6 years old and adorable, just in need of some TLC. We've decided to file for limited guardianship, which means that she'll live with us until her mother finishes school, gets a job, and a place to live.
The boys are really excited about the idea and keep asking can she come today. We're waiting until the end of June so that she can finish out the school year where she is and we can get the house ready for another person and file the appropriate paperwork. Right now we're in the planning stages, enrolling in school, and pricing everything she need (bed, toys, uniforms, bike, etc.)Taking donations by the way. Our purse straps are going to be pretty tight from here on out (Just Kidding, unless you're going to do it). LOL!
Stay Tuned...
We will be adding another member to our family at the end of June though. Damon and I have decided to seek guardianship of my little cousin, Kayla. You loyal readers may remember her from this summer from the post ironically titled- And Baby Makes 6??? She's 6 years old and adorable, just in need of some TLC. We've decided to file for limited guardianship, which means that she'll live with us until her mother finishes school, gets a job, and a place to live.
The boys are really excited about the idea and keep asking can she come today. We're waiting until the end of June so that she can finish out the school year where she is and we can get the house ready for another person and file the appropriate paperwork. Right now we're in the planning stages, enrolling in school, and pricing everything she need (bed, toys, uniforms, bike, etc.)Taking donations by the way. Our purse straps are going to be pretty tight from here on out (Just Kidding, unless you're going to do it). LOL!
Stay Tuned...
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Mother Son Luau
Yesterday, DJ, Cameron, and I attended the Mother Son Luau at our school. We dressed in our Hawaiian gear, ate snacks, and Danced a grand total of three times. Once to the ChaCha Silde, once to the Cupid Shuffle, and once to a slow song I can't remember. The other hour and fifty minutes were spent watching all the boys in the gym running back and forth at full speed sweating like donkeys, telling DJ to stop crying because he lost at limbo, and chasing Cameron out of the bathroom. Fun times.
In more Evan news....
She now has 2 teeth!
In more Evan news....
She now has 2 teeth!
Friday, May 8, 2009
STD Conversation
Yesterday we received a report the Cam had been trying to kiss girls in Pre-School. I spoke with him about it and he assured he wouldn't do it again. I thought that was sufficient, but I made silly mistake of telling his father. Damon tells Cameron that if he kisses girls his lips will get warts and his mohawk will fall off. I was like WTH, but I couldn't stop laughing. He's only 4, so I think it's a little early for an STD conversation, don't you? lol!
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